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Schultenite & Oxyplumboroméite

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Schultenite & Oxyplumboroméite

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Description
Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine, Otavi Highlands, Namibia
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 3.3 × 1.9 cm
Description

Filigrane schultenite (SEM-EDS & Raman confirmed 2019-06-23-42) on duftite (Raman conf!) associated with wulfenite and oxyplumboromeite (Raman & EDS confirmed, new find!) on the back. 

Schultenite forms typically shaped spear like crystals with a very high luster. Oxyplumboromeite occurs as yellow patches associated with mimetite and a sulfide mineral. New mineral for the Tsumeb mine!

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Schultenite

Formula: 
Pb(HAsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.30
Hardness: 
2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Schultenite & Oxyplumboroméite
Analysis Report - only: Schultenite & Oxyplumboroméite
Analysis Report - only: Schultenite & Oxyplumboroméite
Analysis Report - only: Schultenite & Oxyplumboroméite
Analysis Report - only: Schultenite & Oxyplumboroméite